What was the closest you've ever come to dying/death....?

[herding cats]

21. They did catch him.

He was a deranged stalker I'd picked up by simply being in the wrong place at the wrong time. He was arrested on kidnapping charges about two years ago in another case, and I saw his picture in the news and alerted the police it was the person who had attacked me. He has a very distinct large growth over his left eye, which I'd mentioned in my report, so that helped. Then they linked him to being at a gas station near my home that night, which was several counties away from where he lived. He pled to lesser charges in both cases, but he's in prison for the next 5 years before he comes up for parole. Which i doubt he'll make.

I didn't tell my loved ones right away about what my thoughts were pertaining to them that night. It took me months before I was composed enough to go into those details with them without breaking down. I know it sounds odd, but for me it was real when I was telling them goodbye. I couldn't talk to them about it until I'd healed enough to realize I was going to survive.